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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by Kovu@lemmy.world to c/cyberpunk2077@lemmy.world

Cyberpunk 2077 Update 2.1 Features

Adds a full NCART (Night City Area Rapid Transit) metro system to the game, allowing players to travel around Night City via public transport.

Metros can still be used as fast travel points, but actually getting on one results in a much more cinematic experience where you travel in real time, looking out of windows and engaging with NPCs

Adds an on-person radio, or Radioport, which lets you listen to the game's existing radio stations while exploring Night City on foot or via the metro

The Radioport will be disabled during some quests that have specific music, and during key conversations

The Radioport's volume can be adjusted

Improved boss fights, including a much more powerful Adam Smasher, who now uses his Sandevistan implant like in the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime

Adds replayable car races that become available after finishing Claire's questline; you can win money and vehicle discounts

Adds a bunch of new vehicles to buy, including an open-top Porsche

You can now throw knives and axes while riding motorcycles

Motorcycle driving has been reworked, with leans, wheelies, and tricks

Enemy factions will now hunt you down after completing certain gigs, engaging in more vehicular battles

Adds a new accessibility tab in the options menu, including new settings for clearer HUD visuals, and customization for puzzle time limits

Adds hangouts with romantic partners

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[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 80 points 9 months ago

Holy shit, we can now listen to the radio in our heads!

It always baffled me why we couldn't do that when we have our entire phone in our heads in-game.

[-] techwithjake@lemm.ee 8 points 9 months ago

That's one thing that's always confused me. Do we actually have the phone in our heads or is it just immersion? Cause NPCs are shown using phones like we have today.

[-] newthrowaway20@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My personal lore is that those were poor NPCs, using old tech. Or people who refused to do an implant because there anti aug.

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[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 76 points 9 months ago

Once again showing that the game was rushed and incomplete at launch. I'm happy that the features are here but I really wish they had delayed it so we could have had some of this at launch.

Don't get me wrong, love the game!!

[-] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

So is it worth buying now? I held off, as you do, since the release was so poor but I really wanted to play this game. Much like No Man’s Sky, I’m willing to forgive the faults of the release if they made it right eventually.

[-] TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

Definitely. It's my 4th most played game on steam. One thing people oddly don't mention often is how fun the combat is. I feel like a bug from starship troopers when I use Mantis Arms in melee. Just a fountain of blood with limbs flying in random directions.

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[-] Why9@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

After finally uninstalling the game yesterday following 285 glorious hours of genuine fun, I'd say absolutely play it. It's even better on PC too, with a thriving mod scene that's adding all sorts of cool stuff (they implemented the metro system well over a year ago, though I'm sure the new one will be better), the customisation really makes it your own.

Couldn't recommend it highly enough. Cyberpunk 2077 joins the Witcher 3 on the highest shelf of my favourite games of all time.

[-] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I waited about 6 months after launch and it was worth at the time. Now? It's so much better.

[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 6 points 9 months ago

Just wait for a sale. Check Steam DB, should be up for a sale soon.

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[-] Lesrid@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

You can still tell stuff is missing but it certainly isn't a raging garbage fire anymore.

[-] DirtMcGirt@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

The juice is absolutely worth the squeeze

[-] alilbee@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Very worth it now!

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago

I didn't buy it per se but am currently enjoying it.

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[-] FluorideMind@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Same here. Blame the fans not cdpr.

[-] Cylusthevirus@kbin.social 26 points 9 months ago
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[-] Luci@lemmy.ca 9 points 9 months ago

I will blame CDPR for not having a realistic idea of when their product can be complete by.

In the wise words of Gabe Newell: Late is just for a little while. Suck is forever.

The fans would have gotten over it.

[-] Carighan@lemmy.world 38 points 9 months ago

That's pretty impressive. I love how they're adopting the metro mod wholesale.

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 9 months ago

And the pocket radio mod

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago

Wow, its almost as if the game is finally, with its final update, where it should have fucking been at launch.

[-] StarshotJohn@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago
[-] registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 27 points 9 months ago

The 2.x series is a different game than the 1.x updates. It's more action-oriented, so if that's your thing - absolutely. It's rock solid, I've played hundred of hours with tons of mods without crashes and major bugs.

The story is stellar, just like it always was.

[-] Raab@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I'm so happy to see people recommending this game now. I've kept faith in CDPR the whole time and actually really enjoyed the game at launch. Everyone seems to forget how much of a shit show the witcher 3 was at launch now it's considered one of the best RPGs of all time.

[-] Cyanogenmon@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Played through on ps5 around 2.01. It still crashes for me but very seldom.

Absolutely worth it. Incredible game.

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[-] teuast@lemmy.ca 30 points 9 months ago

game has trains now

10/10, 100/100, all time best game

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well, we had it in the first big trailer, and years in we have it in the game

[-] z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml 22 points 9 months ago

Oh shoot, public transport!? Finally...damn, bless those hard working game devs.

[-] miraclerandy@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago

Yeah, it always felt very American to have a highly populated area and you just drive a car around.

[-] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 22 points 9 months ago

Yay! Now, as soon as it hits 80%ish discount on Steam, it's a purchase!

[-] DrMango@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Witcher 3 routinely dips down to like $5 these days, so if you're willing to wait another 10 years or so you can really get a killer deal!

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[-] sardaukar@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Glad I've cleared Smasher's fight now that it's harder - must have tried 10 times before finally killing him (felt good, too)

[-] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

As a person who hates bosses (for me they break immersion being almighty bullet sponges and also stifle the game), I'd like to see them introduce a switch to turn him into a normal regular enemy instead.

Was frustrating to have to face him every time for every ending

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[-] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 13 points 9 months ago

Finally, a game where I can listen to the radio out loud while riding the bus! I feel seen!

[-] Secret300@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago

Are they going to continue to add more to this game with updates or DLC or is this it? I haven't really paid attention to it I've just heard it's no man's sky all over again so I wanna wait until it's fully done before I buy it.

[-] corvaxL@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

This is pretty much it. I recall hearing the devs say they're going to finish up some minor updates post-Phantom Liberty before calling it a day. I'm surprised they even came out with this.

Once they officially call it quits with CP77 soon, they will complete a currently ongoing reorganization of the company: RedEngine will be abandoned in favor of UE5, devs who want to work on Witcher 4 will remain in Poland to do that (many have already started apparently). Devs working on the next Cyberpunk game will follow Pawel Sasko to Boston and open CDPR North America, starting work on that game there.

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[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Very excited to get my hands on this. 2.x has been absolutely incredible, and all of these changes sound like a good time. Going to give it a bit of time though, so that the mods can catch up

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Motorcycle wheelies and stunts? Yee-haw!

[-] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Hell yeah! This game is just awesome, love the devs that keep showing it love, too!

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago

Oh man, car racing would be so terrible in this game

[-] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago

The races that are already in the game aren't half bad

[-] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 9 months ago

So no native 3rd person camera with facial animations...

[-] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Was that something they said they were gonna do?

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[-] kautau@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Meanwhile the modders who have worked really hard on adding many of these features already

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[-] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

How much of this already existed as mod ?

[-] muse@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

All but the racing and the always on radio I'm pretty sure. NCART has been available for a couple years now

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[-] the_rhyme_minister@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Anyone else feel a little miffed by these further additions? On the one hand I’m glad to see the game get bigger and better for new and current players, but I just finished a full and leisurely playthrough after 2.0 and it almost feels like the version of the game I played has been downgraded by comparison. I’m sure this not a healthy or mature way to think about it but it is kind of how I feel and I wonder if I’m alone?

[-] Cowbee@lemm.ee 10 points 9 months ago

You can join patient gaming philosophy and play 5 years out for 20 USD and only play bangers, but at the end of the day, you miss out on the zeitgeist.

Have you ever played a modded game? Mods get updated all the time, often in major ways. New Vegas recently got a full remake of the Character Kit, making characters look far less potatoey, and has genuine shadows added now with New Vegas Reloaded. If I play it now, it will be the best it has ever been, and yet in a month something new will make me wish I had waited.

At the end of the day, play!

[-] ephemeral_gibbon@aussie.zone 6 points 9 months ago

Eh, if you enjoyed it you enjoyed it. If you wanted to you could always play through again now after these new additions

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